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March 27, 1934. T. F. PHlLlPPl Filed Oct. 27, 1932 Patented Mar.'27,1934 UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE ENVELOPE Theodore F. Philippi, EastSt. Louis, Ill. Application October 27, 1932, Serial No. 639,814

2 Claims. (C. 229-72) My invention relates to envelopes, and moreparticularly to a composite envelope having a compartment forcomparatively bulky printed matter, such as a catalog, or the like, anda 5 separate compartment for correspondence. It is often desirable tosend out printed matter together with a letter relating thereto which iscomparatively small with respect to the printed matter; and if both aremailed in an ordinary l0 envelope of sufficient size to accommodate thebulky printed matter, it is not unlikely that the smaller letter willslip to the bottom of the envelope so that it may be overlooked by therecipient thereof. Furthermore, it is impracticable to mail out printedmatter and a letter in a single envelope since letter postage would berequired for the whole. In order to avoid these situations, separateletter envelopes have been pasted, or otherwise aixed, to printed matterenvelopes so that the two will be received together; but, in many casesthe letter is not drawn out of the envelope at the same time as theprinted matter so that the two become separated in the hands of therecipient.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a compositeenvelope having a comparatively large compartment for printed matter anda separate compartment for correspondence which is arranged so that therecipient of the envelope is bound to withdraw both kinds of mattertherefrom at the same time. Another object is to provide an envelope ofthis type which is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensiveto make.

The invention consists principally in a composite envelope having acomparatively deep printed matter compartment and a separate,comparatively shallow letter compartment that are closed by a single apextending from the 40. outer mouth edge of one of said compartments withthe mouth edge of the wall separating the two compartments notched belowthe outer edge of the other compartment. The invention also consists inthe envelope, and in the parts, and

i combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification, andwherein like reference symbols refer to like parts wherever they o.'occur,

composite envelope Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the enclosingflap of the envelope in open position and with a portion of the frontwall of the letter envelope compartment broken away to show the mannerof notching the mouth edges of the envelope.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown a composite envelope embodyingmy invention and comprising a comparatively deep printed matter envelopecompartment A and a separate, comparatively shallow, letter compartmentB fixed on the upper front wall portion of the printed matter envelopecompartment. 'I'he printed matter envelope compartment is made out of asingle blank in accordance with the usual practice of making envelopes;it comprises a rectangular portion l which constitutes the rear wall ofthe envelope and which has winglike flaps 2 extending from its sideedgeswhich are folded over and pasted together to form the front wall 3of the envelope. The rear, rectangular wall portion 1 has a flap 4extending from its bottom edge which is folded over and pasted to thefront wall 3 of the envelope to close the n bottom thereof. The rear,rectangular wall por- 8o? tion 1 also has a large iiap 5 extending fromits upper edge which is arranged and adapted to fold over and close themouths of both the printed matter envelope compartment A and letterenvelope compartment B.

The letter envelope compartment is made from a separate blank andcomprises a substantially rectangular, body portion 6 constituting thefront wall of the letter envelope compartment and having its side edgeportions 7 folded around the side 9'03 edges of the printed matterenvelope compartment and pasted thereto so that the upper portion of thefront wall of the printed matter envelope compartment constitutes anintermediate wall separating the two envelope compartments. The bodyportion 6 of the separate blank also has a iiap 8 extending from itsbottom edge which is folded upwardly and pasted to the front wall of theprinted matter envelope compartment to close the bottom of the letterenvelope compart- 102) ment.

The front wall portion 6 of the letter envelope compartment has itsmouth edge notched as at 9. The intermediate wall separating the twoenvelope compartments is notched as at 10 below 105 the bottom of thenotch in the mouth edge of the front wall of the letter envelopecompartment. This is an extremely important feature of my invention aswill be explained hereinafter.

The ap 5 which closes the mouths of both envelope compartments isprovided with a fastening device l1 which is provided with a chord 12adapted to be wound around a second fastening device 13 provided on thefront wall of the letter envelope 'compartment for keeping the iiap inclosed position. The iront wall of the letter envelope compartment isalso, preferably, provided with an elongated oval-shaped opening 14which is covered with transparent material 15 to form an addressingaperture of the usual type; and also, postage stamp spaces 16 and 17 maybe indicated on the letter envelope compartment and the printed matterenvelope compartment, respectively, as shown in the drawing.

With my envelope, it is practically impossible for the recipient thereofto overlook either of the two kinds of matter which it is designed tocarry; and the recipient of the envelope is bound to withdraw both kindsof matter at the same time. The recipient of the envelope, after openingit up, will grasp the exposed upper end portions oi the two kinds ofmatter between the thumb and foreiinger; and as the separating wall atthe top of the envelope is out away, the recipient will press the upperend portions of both kinds of matter tightly together so that he isbound to withdraw them at the same time.

My composite envelope as a whole, is of eX- tremely simple construction,and as the greater part thereof is made in the usual manner of makingordinary envelopes, it is comparatively inexpensive to make.

Obviously, the envelope shown and described admits of variations withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention. For instance, instead ofproviding the printed matter envelope compart-` ment with the closureflap, in certain instances,

it may be feasible to provide the letter compartment with such flap; andas other changes may be desirable, I, accordingly, do not Wish to belimited to the precise arrangement of parts shown and described.

What I claim is:

1. An envelope comprising a comparatively deep printed matter envelopecompartment and a separate envelope wall xed to one wall of said printedmatter envelope compartment to form a comparatively shallow lettercompartment with the mouths of both compartments located next to eachother, the mouth edge of the wall of said printed matter compartment towhich the separate envelope wall is fixed being notched below the mouthedge of said separate wall, and the other wall of said printed matterenvelope compartment having a flap extending from its mouth edge adaptedand arranged to fold over and close the mouths of both envelopecompartments.

2. An envelope comprising a substantially rectangular blank havingwinglike flaps extending from its side edges which are folded over andpasted together to form an envelope compartment and having a flapextending from its bottom edge which is folded ovei` and pasted to thebottom edges of said wing-like flaps to close the bottom of saidcompartment and having a closure ap extending from its top edge, and aseparate substantially rectangular blank having its side edges foldedaround the sides of the envelope compartment to form a separate envelopecompartment and having a flap extending from its bottom edge which isfolded upwardly and pasted to the wing-like aps of the first-namedrectangular blank to close the bottom of said separate envelopecompartment.

THEODORE F. PHILIPPI.

